My Picks For Mike Hailey’s Poll
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary | No Comments »If you don't make checking Mike Hailey's Capitol Inside an everyday occurrence, you should. Besides the well thought out pieces he puts together on his own, Capitol Inside also offers news clippings from around the state, and from time to ...
John Edwards Scandal Hits Close To Home With Texas Democrats
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary, Getting After The Left | 2 Comments »Consider this a spin-off of the John Edwards affair. Not one to comment too much on national politics, I was ready to put this one to bed after my previous post, then I saw this in the Dallas Morning News. Fred ...
The Importance Of Just Three Or Four Percent
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary | No Comments »Why be a King when you can be the Kingmaker, right? That is the 2008 battle cry for Libertarians running for office here in Texas. Knowing they can't win outright, Libertarians instead are aiming for the spoiler role by keeping other major ...
Get ‘Er Done
Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary | No Comments »Unfortunately, as of today, July 31, the list of Republican House candidates not taking their respective race as seriously as they should is a bit longer than I would prefer. Every breakfast conversation I happen to find myself a participant ...
The Honor Roll - Show Me The Money Part III
Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary | No Comments »The fun we've had looking at those who raised their opponents to death, those incumbents who have dropped the ball, and those races that one way or another were made to sound like more than they really were. Anyone who ...
The Races That Weren’t Meant To Be - Show Me The Money Part II
Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary | No Comments »I think that we are all familiar with the phrase, not living up to the hype. Well, consider that the theme of this post, as I will be commenting on the races that - one way or another - we ...
Show Me The Money
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary, Keeping The Right In Line | 6 Comments »Seriously, is there anything better than diving through campaign finance reports to see who raised how much? Actually, there is. It's called the All Star game, which is why I am a day late and (ha ha ha) a dollar ...
The Crying Game
Sunday, July 13th, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary, Getting After The Left | 4 Comments »First Juan Garica threw a 6 year old temper tantrum on the playground after someone stomped all over his sand castle, and now Wendy Davis is following suit. It is now growing very apparent (at least to this blogger) ...
Getting Out In Front Of The Pack
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary | No Comments »In light of the passing of former State Representative Buddy West, Governor Perry has called for a special election to fill his seat in the Legislature, even though a successor is already in line to be sworn in next January. ...
For God’s Sake, Someone Please Turn Off The Music
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary | No Comments »So apparently no one out there gives a darn about Texas' various house races, Brimer v Davis, the SD 17 special, or poor RRC Commissioner Williams. At least that is all that one can reasonably conclude when even your child's middle school ...